School of Engineering
Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK
Fixed salary of £53,555
Grade: 7 (Spot)
Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to February 2029
Closing date: 9th February 2026
CUSTOM is an EU MSCA Doctoral Training Network connecting relevant academic and industrial expertise in emerging medical-device technologies across Europe and applying them to the problems of shoulder implants. Total shoulder replacements (TSRs) are now outpacing those of knees and hips, mainly due to the increasing use of reverse shoulder arthroplasty (rTSR), however roughly 10% of shoulder implants will fail within the first 10 years of service necessitating a complex revision procedure. Many of the current problems (e.g. soft-tissue failures, implant loosening, infection) derive from a top-down, one-size-fits-all approach to implants; CUSTOM plans to invert this approach, based on combining computational, patient-specific design and additive manufacturing to offer complex, custom designs and structures. The project also incorporates multi-functionality as well as blended experimental and in-silico testing to accelerate the path to certification.
TSR patients now expect to regain the full, complex range of motion needed for everything from fastening a seat-belt to serving a tennis ball. Yet the real-world biomechanics of reverse (rTSR) and anatomic (aTSR) designs under day-to-day conditions are still poorly understood, leaving gaps in wear testing standards and implant optimization. This project will close that gap by capturing in-vivo joint loads and kinematics, translating them into laboratory wear protocols, and generating the evidence base for the upcoming ISO 16436-2 shoulder wear test standard. Core objectives include:
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As part of this project, you will undertake secondments at ETH Zurich and the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham.
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